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Jazz This Week: "Jazz Cavalcade" with Kirk Whalum, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Javier Mendoza, Cornet Chop Suey, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 29, 2009

From African and Latin rhythms to traditional jazz and swing to a free concert featuring a well-known smooth jazz saxophonist, here's a look at what's going on over the next few days with jazz and creative music in St. Louis.The polyrhythmic portion of the weekend gets underway on Friday night, when the Chicago Afrobeat Project performs at The Gramophone. The CAB can include from seven to 14 musicians, and draws on influences such as juju, highlife, American funk, ...

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Indie Labels Experience a Major Renaissance Amidst the Upheaval

Source: HypeBot
May 27, 2009

With upheaval comes opportunity; and ongoing problems within the recorded music industry has also led to a revival within independent label sector. While not without their own challenges, indie record labels appear to be experiencing a renaissance, thanks in part to new technologies and media that did not exist 5 years ago. Their nimbleness and a fan-like eye for emerging talent is being rewarded by a cadre of fans who continue to demand and support quality music.

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Happy Birthday Miles and Dylan

Source: JamBase
May 26, 2009

TWO BIGGIES WITH BIRTHS WORTH CELEBRATING

Bob Dylan turned 68 yesterday, and if he were still with us Miles Davis would be 83-years-old tomorrow. In many, many respects this pair represents two archetypal trajectories for musicians, their work offering myriad, ever-shifting lessons about life and how to shape it into notes. As such, we wanted to take a collective pause to savor a few morsels from their careers and offer our heartfelt thanks for what they've done for music as ...

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Sly Stone Interviewed on KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic

Source: All About Jazz
May 25, 2009

Sly Stone Interviewed on KCRW: Discusses Doris Day, Terry Melcher, Charles Manson and “Que Sera Sera."

Sly Stone was interviewed by Chris Douridas on Morning Becomes Eclectic this morning, and though there were a few missed opportunities -- we want to know about his archives and unreleased stuff, and didn't think it necessary to dwell so much on his early years when that part of his life has been so well-documented -- overall it made for some fascinating and informative ...

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Queen Considering 'Idol's' Lambert as Frontman

Source: Billboard Magazine
May 24, 2009

"American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert's performance with rock band Queen on the finale of the TV singing contest this week has the British band thinking about a new front man. “Amongst all that furor, there wasn't really a quiet moment to talk," Queen guitarist Brian May told Rolling Stone in an interview released on Friday. “But and I are definitely hoping to have a meaningful conversation with at some point. It's not like we, as Queen, would rush into coalescing ...

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Chick Corea Endorses the Yamaha Avantgrand Hybrid Piano

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2009

Legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea recently took Yamaha's newly launched AvantGrand N3 hybrid piano for a “test drive." Initially skeptical about the world's first stringless piano to feature the sound, touch and action of a concert grand, the 67-year-old jazz superstar was quickly won over. “My standard of comparison is the CFIIIS concert grand with a gorgeous, beautiful sound, so I was little apprehensive when I first saw the AvantGrand, “ says the Yamaha Artist, who was recently named JazzTimes' ...

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Wal-Mart Demands CD Censorship

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2009

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Brian Eno's Recipe for New Music Business Success

Source: HypeBot
May 23, 2009

"The pressure is on to develop content that isn't easily copyable--so now everything other than the recorded music is becoming the valuable part of what artists sell. “Of course they'll still want to sell their music, but now they'll embed that relatively valueless product within a matrix of hard-to-copy (and therefore valuable) artwork."

“People who won't pay 15 for a CD will pay 150 for the limited edition version with additional artwork, photos, booklet and DVDs. ...

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